From frozen pizza to lactose-free milk, food processing takes many forms. Here’s how to tell when it’s helping or hurting us.

Some advice that is often suggested for working out whether a food is ultra-processed include checking to see if a product contains more than five to ten ingredients and considering if it contains ...

New research from the American Heart Association suggests these foods have some benefits. Ultra-processed foods dominate the U.S. diet and raise heart disease risk, but some—like whole-grain cereals ...

We all know that ultraprocessed foods aren’t the healthiest choice, but not all ultraprocessed foods have the same impact on our health. It can depend on how much a food is processed and for what ...

While ultra-processed foods include obvious culprits like frozen pizza, there are also some that people may believe are good ...

To a certain extent, all deli meat is processed, but you can make key choices in order to put together a less-processed ...

Specifically, participants consuming the highest ultra-processed foods were 11 percent more likely to have elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.

California is the first state in the nation to officially define what counts as an "ultra-processed food" — a move supporters ...